Chapter 4-2 Part 2

Getting through this hallway rife with enemies isn't easy, but since you're in such close quarters with your adversaries, you may very well decide that you want to use explosives or other high-powered weapons here to exterminate your foes quickly and easily. Remember that enemies here may turn into Cephalo, so if that happens, wield your powerful weapons (or a Flash Grenade) to do them in easily. The room they were guarding is ornate, but surprisingly sparsely guarded compared to the pathway, though you will be flanked by enemies from behind here, so watch your back. Also, as you walk up the stairs towards the altar holding the emblem here, be sure to turn around and take out the archer(s) behind you, who will easily stymie your advances. When the enemy threat is quelled here, move forward to the emblem and claim the Earth Emblem there.

With the Earth Emblem in hand, you can indeed backtrack to the door to place it in the door and earn a checkpoint. But there's an easier way, especially since there's yet a rogue emblem out there that we still need to find. Backtrack down the staircase, but instead of rejoining the earlier-traversed pathway that was chock-full of enemies, run up the other staircase to reach an entirely new, yet-unexplored area. On the way, shoot down a Sapphire (Pear). The pathway you come across is again full of laser-y danger, so wait for the laser to run its course, and then dash rightward, using alcoves if necessary. When you reach a bridge heading leftward, you're on the right track. In fact, if this is your first time visiting the area, then a checkpoint should take route here. Study the three lasers that rush around this platform and time your movements accordingly. Midway down this pathway, you should find an alcove with a Green Herb in it. This alcove has stairs leading down to a pathway, but this is the route we'll take back to the emblem-sealed door. Ignore it for now.

Instead, continue down to the far end of the pathway and look for a broken bridge that will require an assist jump. Send your partner flying over the chasm, and then break out your sniper rifle so you can cover him/her from afar, as enemies will come out of the woodwork in an attempt to stop your advance. Your partner should automatically acquire the Sky Emblem, the final of three emblems we'll need to proceed. Unfortunately, even though your partner can make his or her way back to you without the use of the broken bridge, enemies will pursue if you haven't killed them from afar. Thankfully, with the exception of a substantial Majini foe (the kind that drop a Blue Enigma), these are all basic, run-of-the-mill foes that should be nothing but cannon fodder for you at this point in the game.

Remember where we just found the Green Herb? Well, you'll want to head back to that alcove and duck down the nearby stairs to the parallel passageways beyond. Navigate these pathways carefully, being sure to dodge the lasers crisscrossing them. Then, return to the door and place the final emblem in it, which will raise it, allowing you to proceed. Climb the staircase the sealed door was guarding, and approach the large, ornate door at the top of the stairs. You'll need your partner to get through this heavy door, but be absolutely sure you shoot down the Diamond (Trilliant) above the door before heading on through, since this is an ultra-rare chance to get one of these valuable treasures.

This final section of this brief chapter will pit you against a few rather easy puzzles that will no doubt insult your intelligence. First, though, you have to traverse the desolate staircase leading up to the room with the first puzzle. Once you reach the gem-encrusted doorway, head on through it and you'll see the puzzle. All of the puzzles here are the same, and are based on deadly lasers that must be guided and re-guided to precise areas that will allow you to proceed. We won't say this again -- do not touch the laser, or you will die instantaneously. Instead, simply walk to the elevator on the far left side of the room. The mirror closest to the elevator needs to be adjusted so that the laser strikes the pedestal on the elevator instead of a random place on the wall. Well, that was easy, wasn't it?